From their: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as the Croydon Airport Society. It set out to conserve the history and heritage of London Croydon Airport, Britain’s first major international airport, for the benefit of the community. In 1983, the Croydon Airport Society became a registered charity to better support its mission of conserving one of Britain’s most significant historic places.
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Historic Croydon Airport Trust
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Croydon aircraft
{On an information board attached to the terminal building, behind the plane:...
Purley air crash
The plaque refers to the memorial being 'refurbished'. Diamond Geezer explain...
Other Subjects
Brymon Airways
Former airline co-founded by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Amon. Based in Plymouth, it was the first British airline to use the De Havilland Canada Dash 7 short take-off and landing...
1 memorial
1 memorial
WW2 aircraft crash
The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night.  Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire.  It was one o...
1 memorial
Charles Rolls
Born 35 Hill Street, W1, son of Lord Llangattock, John Rolls. A keen racing cyclist, he became the fourth man in England to own a car, took to racing cars and repeatedly broke the land speed record...
Person, Aviation, Commerce, Industry, Seriously Famous, Transport
1 memorial
Alliott Verdon Roe
Aircraft designer and manufacturer. Born Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe at Patricroft, Manchester. He was inspired by the Wright brothers to devote himself to powered flight. In 1907 he built a biplane a...
3 memorials
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